Phrase guide

public limited company

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A publicly traded limited liability company in the United Kingdom and some other jurisdictions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Broader terms: joint-stock company

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Across languages

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 公共有限公司 (gōnggòng yǒuxiàn gōngsī) — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Chinese Mandarin: 股份有限公司 (gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī) — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Dutch: naamloze vennootschap — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Finnish: julkinen osakeyhtiö — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • French: société anonyme — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • German: Aktiengesellschaft — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Greek: ανώνυμη εταιρεία (anónymi etaireía) — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Hungarian: nyilvánosan működő részvénytársaság — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Italian: società anonima — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Italian: società per azioni — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Japanese: 公開有限責任株式会社 — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Northern Kurdish: şirketa pardarî ya giştî — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Malay: syarikat awam berhad — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Polish: spółka akcyjna — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Portuguese: sociedade anónima — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Russian: откры́тая публи́чная компа́ния с ограни́ченной отве́тственностью (otkrýtaja publíčnaja kompánija s ograníčennoj otvétstvennostʹju) — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Serbo-Croatian: dioničko društvo — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Serbo-Croatian: akcionarsko društvo — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Spanish: sociedad anónima — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Swedish: publikt aktiebolag — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company
  • Ukrainian: відкри́та публі́чна компа́нія з обме́женою відповіда́льністю (vidkrýta publíčna kompánija z obméženoju vidpovidálʹnistju) — publicly traded limited liability company — see also joint-stock company